fócas

See also: focas

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English focus, from Latin focus.

Noun

fócas m (genitive singular fócais, nominative plural fócais)

  1. focus

Declension

Declension of fócas (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative fócas fócais
vocative a fhócais a fhócasa
genitive fócais fócas
dative fócas fócais
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fócas na fócais
genitive an fhócais na bhfócas
dative leis an bhfócas
don fhócas 		leis na fócais

Derived terms

  • as fócas (“out of focus”)
  • doimhneacht fócais (“depth of focus”)
  • fócas bog (“soft focus”)
  • fócas crua (“hard focus”)
  • fócasach (“focal”, adjective)
  • fócasaigh (“focus”, verb)
  • fócasghrúpa, grúpa fócais (“focus group”)
  • i bhfócas (“in focus”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of fócas
radical lenition eclipsis
fócas fhócas bhfócas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fócas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “focus”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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